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are to be preferred. Perhaps a more useful kind is 

 the Tin Float Feeder (fig. 23). These useful feeders 

 have been very much improved by Mr. Meadows, who 

 has invented many useful articles for bee-keepers. 

 They are, we believe, thoroughly reliable. The 

 bottom is raised so that bees can get under them. 

 They can be filled without bees escaping, and the cover 

 closes all up warm. My favourite feeder is made by 

 Mr. E. J. Butt of Barnstaple. It is made of porcelain. 



Fig. 23. 



and is everlasting. The only thing that can possibly 

 be said about it is the price. Possibly, if there was a 

 greater sale they might be made a little cheaper, but 

 considering the fact that one of these feeders would 

 last any length of time, they are cheap. The feeder 

 shewn at fig. 24 is what is called a Rapid Feeder, and 

 by its use a lot of bees can be fed quickly with one 

 dose. With one of these feeders a strong lot of bees 



